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My Take
Woody Harrelson fascinates me because he holds two opposite registers in one body: the sunny, goofy charm that made him a sitcom favorite, and a flickering darkness he can summon in an instant. That Emmy-winning bartender role could have been his whole career; instead he kept lunging at riskier, stranger parts, earning multiple Academy Award nominations along the way. The Texas-born free spirit also directs for stage and film, which tells me his curiosity never settled. I love actors who age into more flavor rather than less, and Harrelson is the prime example — looser, braver, and funnier with every decade. He simply refuses to be predictable.
Overview
Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor. He first became known for his role as bartender Woody Boyd on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1985–1993), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series from five nominations. Harrelson has received three Academy Award nominations: Best Actor for The People vs.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Woody Harrelson
- Name (Japanese)
- ウディ・ハレルソン
- Reading
- うでぃ・はれるそん
- Born
- July 23, 1961 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Ox
- Origin
- Midland, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / stage actor / theatre director / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Lebanon High School
- University
- Hanover College
Awards & achievements
- 2009 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
- 1989 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- 1989 Emmy Award
- 2008 Actor Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.